You Thought I Wouldn't Know Poem by Vanessa Alvarez

You lied and thought I'd never see,
The cracks behind your mockery.
You smiled with venom on your tongue,
And hoped I'd stay naïve and young.
You dressed deceit in velvet thread,
Then scoffed when I saw through instead.
You played me dumb, a silent pawn
But now your mask is dead and gone.
You thought respect was yours to bend,
That truth was something you could end.
You fed me lies, then watched me choke
But now I breathe, and now I spoke.
You called me blind, you called me weak,
But I've grown fangs behind my cheek.
So laugh no more, your game is through
I see, I speak, and now I do.